Hame-pastener



(N0 Model.) S. J. WILSON.

HAME FASTBNERL No. 371,906. Paten-ted Oct.v1 8, 1887.

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4 is a longitudinal section 'to more clearly and receive a pin or rivet, 10, which is seilnrrnn Srarns f Aralar @triest SAMUEL J. WILSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO SALINA L. KIMBALL, OF VELLSBOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAVIFAS'TNER SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,906, dated October le, 188?.

Application nieu June so, isst.

.To all whom, it may concern:

ABe it known that I, SAMUEL J. WILsoN, of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in HameFasteners, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in haine-fasteners for harnesses; and it consists, generally, in the construction and combination hereinafter described,and particular] y pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings which form part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hamefastener in the position it is in when attached to the hannes. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the device opened out. Fig.

show the relative position of the parts. Fig. 5is a cross-section taken on line .v x of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a crossscction taken on line i/y of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 2 represents the outer case 0f the fastener, which forms a receptacle for the other portions. This case terminates at one end in the hook 4, and is preferably formed with a web, 5, which connects the sides together for a part of its length at the bottom, and is left open at the top to allow the other portions of the fastener to fold into it.

6 represents an intermediate lever, preferably made box shape and closed at the bottom for its entire length, but open at the top for a part of its length, as shown in Fig. 4t. The sides are preferably provided with two or more recesses, 8, which extend from the upper surface diagonally into the two sides.

to shut downinto the case 2, and is supported upon it by the lips 16, which project over the edges of the case 2, and act as a stop to pre- The vent it from going too far into the ease.

Serial No. 241,817. (No model.)

hook 15 is provided with the recess 18 in its lower extremity. wardly, and the projecting lugs 19 at each side of the recess form catches 21, under which the jaws 20 are forced and by which they are held. The jaws 2O are attached to the lever 6 at the end opposite that at which it is pivoted to the back. They are preferably secured to the lever by the springs 22, which are riveted to the sides of the said lever at their inner ends, leaving their outer ends, which carry the jaws, free, so that as the fastener is closed and the jaws brought in contact with the beveled ends of the recess 18 the jaws will be forced together andthe springs compressed until the lip'at the end of the hook is passed, when the jaws will, by the aid of the springs, be forced out under the catches 21 and the device securely fastened.

It will be seen that when the fastener is in the position shown in Fig. 3 it will be extended to receive the hames. After it is engaged with the hames the lever 6 may be forced around the pivot 17 and the hames be drawn together until the parts are in the p0- sition shown in Figs. 1, when thejaws 20 will be sprung into the recess 1S and held by the catches 21 until the jaws 20are pressed together and released from the catches, when the hame can be released.

If necessary', the distance between the hooks can be varied by changing the rivet 10 from one recess to another in the lever 6. This is readily done when the fastener is open by raising the rivet out of the recess against the spring 12.

I claim as my invention-dh The combination, in a haine-fastener, with the case 2, having the hook 4, of the boxshaped lever 6, adj ustably pivoted to said case, the spring-jaws 20, secured to the end of said lever, and the top plate, 141-, pivoted at one end to thelever and provided at its opposite end with the hook 15, having the beveled lugs 19 and catches 20, with a recess, 18, between them, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of June, 1887.

SAMUEL J. WILSON.

In presence of- A. C. PAUL, A. M. GAsKnLL.

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